tomchick's Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception review

All good points, kuddles. We definitely hear more complaints when people think we scored a game too low than we do when they think we liked a game too much. A lot of readers look at the average score on Metacritic as "the one truth," and the further you fall out of line with that score, the more corrupt you're supposed to be. Another problem is that we use the whole scale, not just the 7-10 portion, and that really throws a lot of people for a loop if they don't bother to read the actual text.

It seems a lot of people take a negative review as a personal attack on them as well. It's as though they think Tom is saying they're idiots for liking the game, even though he never said that. I've noticed this with other mediums of entertainment as well. Rotten Tomatoes gets its share of angry/brainless comments, as do Amazon and IMDb. I think part of it is the conditioning that everyone has mentioned, that people are too used to AAA games getting AAA scores without a second thought; but part of it as well is that people need to learn to let it go and not take it personally when someone slams your new flavor of the week.

I've been seeing various comments around the internet that people have been disappointed with Uncharted 3, so it's not just tomchick.

Tom Chick has a habit of realizing that a game is disappointing a couple of weeks before a large portion of the world's remaining population comes to the same conclusion. It happened with L.A. Noire, too, and probably others.

After reading through this review, I registered on the site so I could respond to the review. It definitely reflects my feelings more than any review of UC3 I've read elsewhere. I initally thought 4 was a bit low, but after a second playthrough, 4 is just right.

It's so nice to see a site where, if it's truly a bad game, the reviewer can accurately explain why.

Thanks for taking the time to register and to respond to this review. It's always good to hear from people who appreciate our efforts, who understand that a game review site needs to review the actual game, not serve as a hype barometer.